{"podcast":{"title":"On the Wind Sailing","slug":"on-the-wind-sailing-169485","podcast_index_feed_id":169485,"rss_url":"https://59north.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/b/d/e/dbdeaa9e66acf580a04421dee9605cbd/OTW_Logo_2022_3000px.jpg","author":"Andy Schell","episode_count":527,"summary":"The definitive podcast about sailing. Professional sailors Andy Schell, Mia Karlsson and August Sandberg interview sailors from around the world to discover what motivates, scares & inspires them. For over twelve years and through 490+ episodes, our hosts have interviewed sailors like Dee Caffari, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Liz Clark, John Kretschmer, Kirsten Neuschafer, Nigel Calder, Pip Hare & many, many more. We talk to boat builders, yacht designers, YouTube stars, performance racers, and family cruisers. HOLD FAST!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T18:20:23.268890+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485"},"episode":{"title":"Ben Soofer // Making a career in sailing","slug":"ben-soofer-making-a-career-in-sailing","published_at":"2026-03-10T14:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/ben-soofer-making-a-career-in-sailing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485","url":"https://59north.libsyn.com/ben-soofer-making-a-career-in-sailing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/59north/Ben_Soofer_mixdown_MATCHED.mp3?dest-id=160915","summary":"Ben Soofer joined 59 North back in 2018, working with media and on the backend of this very podcast. He then started sailing as a mate, including joining August on his first offshore passage on Isbjørn. He's then gone on to start his own business, and working with many others. August caught up with him to reminisce about the past, share some old sea stories, and talk about how Ben's made a unique career out of his passion. -- Support the podcast & become a member of The Quarterdeck , where Andy, August & Mia dive deep on the art of seam'nship. Nerd out with us on our members-only forum and talk boats, gear, safety-at-sea, meet like-minded sailors, find crew, and more. Check it out on quarterdeck.59-north.com . See you there! -- This season of ON THE WIND is supported by our friends at Offshore Passage Opportunities and Rutgerson Marin . Support the show by supporting our sponsors!","meta_description":"Ben Soofer joined 59 North back in 2018, working with media and on the backend of this very podcast. He then started sailing as a mate, including joining…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3735,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/episodes/ben-soofer-making-a-career-in-sailing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-wind-sailing-169485/ben-soofer-making-a-career-in-sailing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}